Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers
Credit: New York Times
And just like that, the weekend is over. Blink and you’ll miss it. We hit October’s halfway mark this week, which means Halloween is just around the corner. Are your costumes ready? Have you already begun buying candy that you absolutely won’t dip into before the trick-or-treaters arrive? I haven’t! But I need to. Time’s a’wastin’. Speaking of which, we have some words to uncover. Let’s solve this Strands!
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How To Play Strands
Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.
Spoilers ahead.
Today’s Strands Hints
Read on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words.
Today’s Theme: Bring binoculars
Today’s Hint: Avian observation
Here are the first two letters of each word:
Remember, spoilers ahead!
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Today’s spangram is: FALLMIGRATION
Here’s the full list of words:
- FINCH
- HAWK
- WREN
- GOOSE
- DUCK
- WARBLER
- THRUSH
Here’s the completed Strands grid:
Today’s Strands
Screenshot: Erik KainT
Today’s Strands Breakdown
I found some of the top-left words first: FINCH, then GOOSE and WREN and then the spangram made itself rather apparent: FALL MIGRATION. HAWK was next, before I swooped over to the other side of the grid and found DUCK and THRUSH and finally WARBLER. This was pretty easy as far as Strands puzzles go. I’m not a bird-watcher and I don’t even own binoculars (I used to, I lost them or lent them to someone) but this did make me think that it would be cool to go watch some birds migrate. See some geese in a V. It also made me think of the currently airing series Task on HBO. Mark Ruffalo plays an FBI agent who hobbies as a bird-watcher, and this comes into play during the show as something of an extended metaphor. It’s a great show so be sure to check it out. It’s one of my Top Shows Of 2025 (So Far) list.
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